Prediction: Sheffield United will finish above Bristol City this season. It’s early in the season, but I’m willing to stick my neck out… Ahead of this weekend’s trip to Ashton Gate, episode three of Great British Bake Off provides me with a prescient and convenient maxim: you can’t make a good loaf without good ingredients and experience.On-the-field assets are the key ingredients in any footballing success. Last season the Bristol City manager, Lee Johnson, spent in excess of £10million in the transfer window including a club record signing of number nine, Famara Diédhiou.This campaign, Jack Hunt, Mo Eisa and Marley Watkins have all moved to Ashton gate for upwards of a £1million apiece.A £20million net-spend over three transfer windows demonstrates the backing Johnson has enjoyed, but it has followed that such outlays afford success. Last year, the Robins failed to finish ahead of the Blades whose 18-goal top scorer, Leon Clarke, cost a fraction of the £5.3million of his opposite number.For more news from Bramall Lane click hereMoney goes a long way in football, but only so far. That’s something that Chris Wilder ‘gets’. When the Blades enjoyed a 3-2 victory over Bristol on the final day of last season, the away… Read full this story
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